Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/murguz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰús, *mréǵʰus (“short”). Cognate with Latin brevis (“short, small, narrow, shallow”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈmur.ɣuz/

Adjective

*murguz

(of time or duration) short; brief
slow; leisurely

Inflection

Declension of *murguz (u-stem)
Strong declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*murguz	*murgī	murgų, -jatō	*murgijai	*murgijôz	*murgijō
accusative	*murgijanǭ	*murgijǭ	murgų, -jatō	*murgijanz	*murgijōz	*murgijō
genitive	murgijas, murgīs	*murgijaizōz	murgijas, murgīs	*murgijaizǫ̂	*murgijaizǫ̂	*murgijaizǫ̂
dative	*murgijammai	*murgijaizōi	*murgijammai	*murgijaimaz	*murgijaimaz	*murgijaimaz
instrumental	*murgijanō	*murgijaizō	*murgijanō	*murgijaimiz	*murgijaimiz	*murgijaimiz

Weak declension
	singular			plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	*murgijô	*murgijǭ	*murgijô	*murgijaniz	*murgijōniz	*murgijōnō
accusative	*murgijanų	*murgijōnų	*murgijô	*murgijanunz	*murgijōnunz	*murgijōnō
genitive	*murgīniz	*murgijōniz	*murgīniz	*murgijanǫ̂	*murgijōnǫ̂	*murgijanǫ̂
dative	*murgīni	*murgijōni	*murgīni	*murgijammaz	*murgijōmaz	*murgijammaz
instrumental	*murgīnē	*murgijōnē	*murgīnē	*murgijammiz	*murgijōmiz	*murgijammiz

Descendants

Proto-West Germanic: *murgī
- Old English: myrġe, miriġe, murġe, myriġe, myreġe, meriġe, merġe
  - Middle English: mery, merie, mirie, myrie, murie, murȝe, merye, myrry, myry, miry, mirye, myriȝe, myrye, murye, miri, meri, mury
    - English: merry
    - Scots: mirry, mery
- Old Dutch: *murgi, *mirgi
  - ⇒ Old Dutch: *mirgilīk
    - Middle Dutch: mergelijc
- Old High German: murgi, murg
  - Middle High German: murc
    - German: murk
    - ⇒ Alemannic German: Mürggu, Mürgu n
    - Middle High German: murc n
      - ⇒ Middle High German: frīmurc m
    - ⇒? Middle High German: murz
⇒ Old Norse: *myrgill (< *murgilaz)
- Norwegian: myrjel (“figurine”)